Intro: C5 F5 C5 F5 
 
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Mary was married with children 
        C5                 F5 
Had the perfect suburban life 
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Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam 
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And confessed all his sins in one night 
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Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid 
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Said she made him free reckless and young 
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When he was through, what else could she do 
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She just let that pony run 


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'Cause you do what you gotta do 
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And you know what you know 
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You hang on till you can't hang on 
          F5            G5 
Then you learn to let go 
     F5        G5      C5 
And you get what you need sometimes 
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When it's all said and done 
      G5         C5      A5 
You do what you gotta do 
         F5         G5     C5 F5 C5 F5 
Then you let that pony run  
 
 
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Mary moved to West Virginia 
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After the shock wore off 
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She got a divorce and a chestnut horse 
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And a barn with an old hayloft 
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Sometimes she rides down by the river 
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Says it makes her feel reckless and young 
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She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight 
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And she lets that pony run 
 
~Chorus~ 
  

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'Cause you do what you gotta do 
  F5         G5          C5 
And you know what you know 
    F5        G5          C5       A5 
You hang on till you can't hang on 
         F5            G5 
Then you learn to let go 
    F5       G5        C5 
And you get what you need sometimes 
         G5             A5  C5 F5 
When it's all said and done 
      G5         C5      A5 
You do what you gotta do 
         F5          G5   C5 
Then you let that pony run 
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Let that pony run